Mourinho rejected Portugal TWICE as Florentino Perez told him he had no chance

Jose Mourinho has sensationally revealed he has twice rejected the chance to become Portugal's national team head coach and was once stopped by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez from taking the position.

The 61-year-old is currently out of management after departing his position as Roma head coach in January with the club's board opting for a change in the dugout.

Mourinho is eager to get back into work having revealed he has had offers from clubs across Europe and Saudi Arabia and wants to return to management this summer.

However, the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United manager could have been working at the upcoming European Championship if he had decided to take on the reigns within his homeland's national team.

In an interview with Fabrizio Romano, Mourinho explained how Portugal wanted him as their top coach while he was at Madrid and just a few months ago when he was still employed by Roma.

'My feeling with Portugal is I had the door open twice "please come and the place is yours", he said.

'Once was when I was in Real Madrid and the objective was to be the Portuguese coach in a part-time and when I realised the president, Florentino [Perez] told me it's not possible.

'Easy to accept, the second time, "do I regret not taking it?" because a few months later I was sacked in Rome. I don't regret,' said Mourinho.

'I don't regret because the reason why I didn't accept, I'm happy with the reason, so I don't regret to coach a national team tomorrow is an objective, if you ask me tomorrow I am not sure I was going to be happy.

'If you tell me before the World Cup, before the Euros, before the Copa America before the African Cup I would say yes. But two years waiting for that to work, I don't know. Maybe one